PODCAST: New wind turbines are for the birds
Engineers place more powerful wind turbines further apart, but still can’t save the birds
Ellen Airhart • December 9, 2016
This may look like a big threat to birds, but cats are actually more dangerous. [Image Credit: Pixabay | CC0 Public Domain]
Wind turbines in the Altamont Pass in California have killed thousands of Golden Eagles, and even more songbirds. But we’ve come a long way since they were first installed. In this podcast, I speak to wildlife biologist Todd Katzner, bird conservationist Michael Hutchins and wind energy researcher Robert Preus about how wind technology is improving and how it might affect birds.
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Ellen Airhart
Ellen Airhart recently graduated from the University of Texas with degrees in biology and rhetoric and writing. In her undergraduate years, she worked as an office manager, EMT, and finally as the founder and editor of the student newspaper’s science and technology department. While in New York, she plans to run her fifth marathon and visit the Strand Bookstore several hundred times.
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